Helldivers 2 heralds the flamethrower's return to its former glory, and will be releasing previews of its buff-filled September update every day until it drops

Helldivers 2 has been encountering a bit of turbulence since its absurdly popular release—community dramas, review bombs, its CEO stepping down to CCO to better respond to player feedback, in-game protests, and, finally, a promise of a 60-day update plan to help haul it out of the fire.

Complaints have been numerous and passionately argued, but to summarise, Helldivers 2 has a couple of issues with its balancing philosophy. Time-to-kill is still pretty high despite Johan Pilestedt highlighting it as a problem and yet, despite that, some popular weapons were nerfed. The flamethrower, for instance, had nerfs that capped both its actual usability and, for reasons beyond my ken, a significant downgrade in its visual effects.

Pyromaniacs can rejoice, however, as the studio has elected to roll out its promised buffs piecemeal, starting with a plan to reinstate the flamethrower to its former office of glory.

«A buff a day keeps the bugs away … We've heard you loud and clear and Flamethrower damage [will be] increased by 33%,» writes the studio on Twitter, sharing a video (seen below) of CCO Johan Pilestedt and design director Niklas Malmborg going over the changes in brief.

We've heard you loud and clear and Flamethrower damage is increased by 33%